Atleast Meiraba is way better than Shankar. I think he will be another Siril verma. Gone case. He lost in round 1 of the Iran international to an unknown vietnam player. How could we expect results from him?. If he does not change his defensive style , he will not shine at all. Absolute waste. Tanya hemanth won iran international beating compatriot Bansod easily. But the weird part is she was forced to wear a scarf during prize ceremony. This is absolutely against the BWF rules. But I dont know why she accept to wear it. And also , in this tournament, no male spectators were allowed to enter the arena including male coaches and players' father. But this time, XD category was allowed. I wonder how BWF is allowing such non sense.
tanya hemanth another one to watch. yeah idk why she accepted. bs iran organizers, complete shameless people. bwf should put strict reprimands. how can you ask other country's women to wear the scarf or whatever
Tara Shah, I've heard is a good potential. I am hoping good results from Sankar and Unnati in future. Good thing about Indian badminton is that small academies are propping up with good players. Sankar's is an example. It has raised hope for smaller academies. In next few years, we might see more and more promising players from smaller academies or smaller towns. I feel Jolly is being wasted with Gayatri. Jolly's previous partner, Rituparna Panda was amazing. I think she was lost to politics as far as i have heard. Jolly/Tanisha could be an explosive pair but might still fall short of top pairs even if they click together. As of now, no chances of that happening. Too late for Ashwini. But she has done her bit for almost a decade.
Unnati and Shankar, as expected struggling in senior circuit. Tanya and Aruna prabhudesai are doing well. Aruna is in top60 of ranking list. Once she experience top tier girls, we can see her true standard . Shankar came from an academy which never had a professional level player before. Just coaching students for domestic level and for recreation. But I dedicate his success in junior level to his father. Shankar also is very keen. But I felt somewhere they missed out coaching him to make him strong all round player. He simply relies on defence. I dont understand how can he win matches in senior category using only defense. Aswini/ Tanisha are good but this pair seems like formed in the notion of qualifying for Olympics. But could they ?. Only time will tell.
Indian morale was at a new low after the humiliating performance at the India Open. It was their worst performance since 2008 when no Indian made the QF stage. The players need to get some wins to regain some confidence and composure. HS Prannoy is vulnerable against younger and faster players. They should have played Prannoy against Hong Kong and Lakshya Sen against China. PV Sindhu is slowly improving with each match, she needs to cut down unforced errors. She played like this in 2014. Will she be able to step up before the Sudirman Cup? India should look for a semifinal finish if the singles players can step up. Doubles was a breath of fresh air and gives hope for the future. I was not expecting anyone to win a match just a game or pushing them close. Chirag/Dhruv are an option when Satwik is injured. Chirag was mentally strong and guided Dhruv in the games. Gayatri/Treesa are green shoots and I like their attitude. Never give up and keep fighting till the last point. Treesa still need to work on soft touches at the net and mixing smashes with drops. Gayatri on her defence and attack. This will invigorate the grass roots and give Indian doubles the self belief to realise their potential. We can finally start thinking of Olympic medals in doubles!
I know I am speaking to air, They create Olympic focus group and centralized facility now itself, probably poach some coaches if needed. What happened to Sen's korean coach ?
We currently have 3 XD pairs. Ashwini/ Pratheek Sikki/ Rohan Tanisha/Ishaan. Ishaan is the weak link and unless he sorts out his mental blocks will remain a liability for India. India should use one of the other pairs for the Sudirman Cup.
I want Tanisha and Satwik. Satwik doing double duties will require him to be really fit and disciplined.
Agreed about Prannoy. About to mention it.. Recently he lost to "fresh" leg players to Top circuit like ZJP, Kodai, Lu Guangzu.. In WD, we like very much to watch Treesa's fire in her face.. She is natural doubles player!?. Junior days she played GD in nationals with other players. Gayatri was singles player & multiple national Champion. In GD, she partnered with Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka & Samiya. Gayatri should have continued with singles to carry India's hopes in WS after PV Sindhu(or parallel with PVS ). Why she moved to Doubles?
Gayatri was struggling in singles at the senior level. She didn't have the confidence to continue. I feel she made a good move in switching to doubles would have been easier if she made the decision earlier. India is a team in transition in singles and doubles. It will take time for the next generation players to raise their level. During that time India will have many unpredictable results.
HS Prannoy loses against domestic player DS Saneeth 15-21, 16-21 in National Team Championships. Has a lot of work to rebuild his confidence. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...nal-set-to-face-pspb/articleshow/98167184.cms
84th Senior National Badminton Championships 2022-23 Pune https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/60384A57-01F7-4669-AAB2-1D93B7F7F7C9/matches Live Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/@pdmba3485/streams Missing from the draw WS: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Tasnim Mir, Unnati Hooda MS: Lakshya, Sen, Sameer Verma MD: Satwik Rankireddy Overall good participation, let's see if any of the next generation players can cause some upsets! MS 120 WS 113 MD 64 WD 56 XD 52
Malaysian Singles coach M Hafiz Hashim signs 2 year contract with Suchitra Badminton Academy. Will coach upcoming players and some training with PV Sindhu. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2023/02/21/hafiz-on-a-new-mission
PV Sindhu felt she was stagnating with Park and told him to stop coaching her. Park also confirmed on his Instagram account that he is no longer her coach. It's not clear if Park will return to Korea or continue with junior players at the Gopichand academy.
Park Tae Sang is currently training the U 19 junior players at the Gopichand Academy. Park will accompany the Junior team for the Dutch and German junior tournaments https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...an-junior-tournament/articleshow/97644082.cms
HSP is trailing against his state Junior Junior George Kiran George in INC. Last time they met at Thomas Cup Selection trials in Aug-21, HSP Lost to him.
